Corset



June 30, 1931. I Y. SAYNISCH CORSET Filed y 15, 1950 INVENTOR 1W6 yzisch BY ATTORNEYS Patented June 30, 1931 UNITED STATES YOLE SAYNISCH, or nnwtronx, n. Y.

CORSET Original application filed November 15, 1928, Serial N o 319,694. Divided and this application filed May 15, 1930. SeriaLNp. 452,705, 1

This invention relates to corsets.

This is a division of my application for patent on corsets filed November 15, 1928, Serial Number 319,694.

*5 The principal object of this invention is to provide a corset which is so constructed as to be readily washed or cleaned in any desired manner.

Another object of this invetnion is to pro.

if!) vide a corset in which any or all stiffening portions employed therein are removable r capable of replacement.

A further object of this invention is to provide a corset in which any or all metallic parts are capable of replacement and are removable therefrom so as to permit washing or cleaning of the corset without any danger of rusting of the metal and consequent stain ing of the fabric portions of the corset.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a corset with removable and replaceable stilfening material in order that the corset may be washed or cleaned in any desired manner without difficulty or liability of tearing due to the presence of stilfening members in the pockets.

An additional object of this invention is to provide a corset in which the stiffening members are formed with gripping members 39 spaced longitudinally thereof so as to furnish means for retaining the stiffening members in proper position. I

Still other objects of this invention reside in the simplicity of construction, the economy with which it may be produced, and the high degree of efliciency derivable therefrom.

Numerous other objects of this invention will be readily apparent from an examination of the following specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view, principally in elevation, but party broken away, illustrating the front portion of the corset;

Figs. 2 and 3 are edge views of the upper portion of the two adjacent sections of the corset showing portions of the steels together with their coupling devices in position;

Fig. 4: is a "View in traverse section on the line 4.4L of Fig. 1showingthe corset in coupled relationship.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, A and B represent two sections of the sections of the corset. These sections are provided wherever v desired, with pockets 1 for the reception of coupling steels 10 and 11, an opening being provided in the pockets lso that the coupling steels 10 andll maybe inserted or removed.

The coupling steels 10 and-"11 are provided with projections 13 which serve .as the coupling means. On one .of the steels 11 the projections 13 are provided with suitable buttons 12 which register with and {are adapted to engage in suitable slots 13 in i the projections-13 of the steel 10.

Thereceiving pockets 1 have openings 15 along their marginal edge through which the projections 13 of the steels 10 and 11 are a'da'ptedto protrude when the steels 10 and 11 are positioned in the pockets 1. To retain the'steelsin proper position in the pockets 1, tongues 14 are provided at some or each of the projections 13 These" tongues 14 may be made informing the slots 13 by strikingout a 'portion of'the material of the projections and bending the free end into a return bend so that the tongues will extend laterally of the steel.

The steels when inserted in the pockets 1 are positioned so thatthe'projections 13 will protrude from the pockets throughthe openings 15 and the edges of the steels proper will lie against the inner wall at the marginal edges thereof, The wall of the fabric of which the body portion of the corset is formed may be ofsufiicient elasticity to permit its being urged under the tongues 14 at each of the pocket openings along the marginal edge or the tongues 14 may be bent back after the insertion of the steels so as to grip the walls in the same manner, that is, between the tongues 14 and the steel.

It will, therefore, be readily apparent that by this provision of removable steels the corset may be easily and readily washed. It will also be apparent that this novel provision of tongues will prevent the accidental slipping back of the steels into the pockets 1 which would hinder or prevent ready coupling. These tongues 14 also tend to prevent longitudinal movement of the steels in the pockets 1 and the consequent tearing or enlarging of the marginal openings 15.

The corset may be provided with any desired number and arrangement of covering flap or flaps 17 to hide the coupling portions and, of course, any desired ornamentation or arrangement may be provided in combination with the parts above stated to suit the varying tastes and desires of the trade.

The coupling steels 10 and 11 may be of any width and may be wider or thicker at one portion than at another.

In using the term steel it is to be understood that I use the same in the broadest possible sense to include any flexible stifiening material such as whalebone, imitation whalebone, celluloid, or any other suitable material.

lVhile I have specifically described the structure of the form of my invention shown in the drawings, it will be understood that my invention is not confined to the specific details shown and described as numerous changes and modifications and the full use of equivalents, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the appended claim.

\Vhat is claimed is:

A corset including sections, removable corset steels for coupling said sections together, pockets extending longitudinally of said sectionsat the edges thereof for receiving said removable steels, coupling projections integrally formed on each of said steels, the projections of one of said steels having buttons thereon, the projections of the other of said steels having slots therein registering with the buttons on the projections of the other of said steels for receiving the same and coupling said steels together, and tongues struck out from the slotted projections, said tongues being bent and securing between the tongues and the coupling steels, a wall of the pocket at the marginal openings for each of said slotted projections.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 14th day of May,'A. D. 1930.

YOLE SAYNISCH. 

